Vorni Saintstone

Vorni saint stone is an old gauntlet gnome. He lived most his life in the underdark, but at some point in his elderly years, Duergar came and raided his home, killing all but him. After a few years of surviving the harsh caverns of the underdark, he found a tunnel with a strange light at the end of it. He crawled out of a cave expecting a new cavernous layer of the underdark, but instead, he arived at the surface world for the first time. After a few short rests, he finds himself in blackwater, a harbour town for many kindly folk.

He didnt know what an old rot like himself could do for a town, especially since he didnt know any of these weird things, like the sun and moon cycles, or even the concept of an ocean. After a few words with some of the townsfolk, he was asked wether he wanted to build them a lighthouse. Ofcourse he didnt know what a lighthouse looked like, but he went with the description of a high building with a light on top, usually round-ish with a wider base.

After a while, he grew accustomed to these strange new lands. He picked up that there where many folks needing to learn all sorts of things, so he decided to found the Sainstone Center of Learning. He also took up position as (propably) the first gauntletgnome to be a swashbuckler.

Gauntletgnomes believe in a goddess, names Shreee, the earthmother. They live their entire lives barefoot and in touch with the ground. Even tho they jump for things rarely, they never leave the ground for longer periods of time. Doing so triggers a state of emptyness, either causing the person to scream and struggle, or to go catatonic, or worse. Some never recover from leaving the earth for a prolonged period. Shreee is known as a deity that loves life. It is her that creates it, and it is her that claims our mortal forms after death. Kind deeds, embracing love, ingenuity and bravery, and striving to be the best person you can be are what her followers adhere to. Unjustified cruilty, agression or betrayal are severely frowned upon.

Currently, Vorni is suffering from an odd condition, due to him drowning and dying away from the gentle touch of his goddess. some sort of blue veins appeared over his reincarnated body, and his eyes turned almost entirely milky white, reducing his vision severely. Wether he will heal from this, he doesnt know, but he is confident that, by covering a ship in dirt, carrying a heavy load of stone and laying on the dirt on deck, he can manage to break the limits of his race, sailing on the seas.